Guiding device for sleds



W. H. EVANS.

GUIDING DEVICE FOR SLEDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1920.

Patentgd Sept. 6, 1921.

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INVENTOR. I11 EVA ms BY 62W TORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATEN'I' L1G WILLIAM H. EVANS,

OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

GUIDING DEVICE FOR SLEDS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. EVANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Joliet, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improveinents in Guiding Devices for Sleds, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a guiding device for sleds and has for itsprimary object the construction of a device of this character that maybe operated with very little effort and when operated gives immediateguiding action to the sled.

An object of the invention is the use of a third runner so arranged andconstructed that upon displacement the sled may be quickly guided to theright or left and when the t ird runner is not subject to hand pres surewill assume a normal position that will not interfere with the straighttravel of the sled.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be betterunderstood from the following detailed descripton taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein- Figure 1 is a longitudinalsectional view of a sled showing my invention connected thereto.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device constructed in its simplestform.

Again referring to the drawing illustrat ing my invention the numeral 1designates a sled of ordinary construction to which my invention isconnected. The numeral 2 designates the third runner shorter than therunners of the sled and projecting slightly below the runners 3 of thesled so as to accomplish a more efiective grip between it and the groundthan between the runners 3 and the ground so that the latter may beeffectively guided in a manner hereinafter de- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921. 1920. Serial No. 379,894.

a shaft9 which is in turn journaled in the plate 10 secured to the topof the sled. A handle 11 con nected to the shaft allows the shaft to beactuated which, due to its crank portion, throws the lever 4 about itspivot and thereby displaces the runner 2 for guiding the sled either tothe right or left depending upon the position that the runner 2 hasassumed.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated my invention constructed in its simplestform consisting of a rod 12 provided at the central point with anopening 13 for the reception of the bolt 6 and having one end flattenedand bent to form a runner 14 and its other end to form a crank 15,terminating in a ball 16 which will be gripped by the user of the sledfor displacing the runner 14 and there by guide the sled to the right orleft.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructedin various other manners and the parts associated in dilferent relationsand therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as setforth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what claim is A guiding device forsleds comprising a lever, a bolt detachably and pivotally connecting thelever at a central point tothe sleds body, a runner connected to one endof the lever, saidlever having a slot formed in the other end, and anoperating shaft journaled in the sleds body, and having a crank portionworking in said slot.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

l/VILLIAM H. EVANS.

